The Newdick Helicopter

"The Newdick Helicopter" is one of fourteen short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the thirteenth Saint book Boodle (aka The Saint Intervenes) published in 1934. It had previously been published in the newspaper Empire News as "The Inventions of Oscar Newdick".

Plot
When the Saint hears how his friend Monty Hayward (last seen in The Brighter Buccaneer) was swindled by a man with false claims of inventing a new form of helicopter, he sets out to turn the tables on the "inventor". Although the word helicopter appears in the title, in the story itself the flying machine is referred to as an autogyro.

Television adaptation
"The Newdick Helicopter" was adapted for the TV series The Saint retitled "The Chequered Flag" and aired on 1 July 1965, as the first episode of the fourth season.